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Returns the native database engine error message from the last DBI method called. This has the same lifespan issues as the "err" method described above.

The returned string may contain multiple messages separated by newline characters.

The errstr() method should not be used to test for errors, use err() for that, because drivers may return 'success with information' or warning messages via errstr() for methods that have not 'failed'.